Rebecca Nesvet is Assistant Professor of English Literature, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. She kindly agreed to be interviewed by Lee Skallerup Besette on her use of FromThePage in her classroom. Lee Skallerup Besette is an Instructional Technology Specialist at the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies at the University of Mary Washington, specializing in … [Read more...] about Interview with Rebecca Nesvet on using FromThePage in the Digital Humanities classroom
Hashtags for Community Building
As we touched on in our earlier post about the Smithsonian Transcription Center and their successful team of volunteer transcribers, the hashtag #volunpeers was first used by the Center's project coordinator Dr. Meghan Ferriter. In the four years since Ferriter coined the term, in April 2014, it has taken off as a popular hashtag across a wide variety of host repositories, … [Read more...] about Hashtags for Community Building
Collaborative effort drives UVa Law Library transcription project
A lovely article in the Charlottesville Daily Progress about James Ambuske, one of our collaborators at UVa, and how they are using FromThePage: “Here in the Law Library, we’re looking for ways to disseminate our collections and make them more widely known,” Ambuske said. “Particularly after the events of early August here in Charlottesville, we’re trying to … [Read more...] about Collaborative effort drives UVa Law Library transcription project
Finding Fine Art and Historical Images for Social Media Uses
My new favorite way to find images for facebook and blog posts is to search the Google Arts & Culture site. (Click the magnifying glass at the top right of this page) I search for "magnifying glass" and after poking around the results find The Senses by Philippe Mercier at the Yale Center for British Art: I follow the external link and find the painting at the YCBA … [Read more...] about Finding Fine Art and Historical Images for Social Media Uses
Learn to Decipher Old Handwriting with Online and Residential Paleography Courses
Do you ever have problems deciphering the intricate handwriting of historical documents? Don't we all! There are lots of online resources to help, and we've checked them out so you can find the right one for you. Some are MOOCS (massive open online courses) offered through universities; others are web-based self-paced tutorials. If none of these work for you, … [Read more...] about Learn to Decipher Old Handwriting with Online and Residential Paleography Courses